title: [Surgery for craniopharyngioma].
abstract: We present a series of 20 patients (11 males) operated on for craniopharyngioma through a frontal craniotomy during an 11-year period. They ranged in age from 7 months to 58 years (mean 20 years). The most common symptoms were headaches, blurred vision and endocrine disorders. The perioperative mortality was 5% and morbidity 25%. 5 (25%) patients need reoperation; 13 (65%) received additional radiation therapy. In 94% visual function improved. 65% continued to have or developed endocrine problems, although all were well controlled with supplemental therapy. These results, similar to those reported from other centers, justify a combination of radical surgery and radiation therapy for this condition.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Neurosurgery, Hadassah, University Hospital, Jerusalem.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ashkenazi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Constantini
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shoshan
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Umansky
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shalit
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003397:Craniopharyngioma / Q000401:mortality / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*